Calcium supplementation during trauma resuscitation: a propensity score-matched analysis from the TraumaRegister DGU®
Authors' conclusion
In this matched cohort, no evidence was found for or against a survival benefit from calcium supplementation during trauma resuscitation.
Study context
- Population
- Directly admitted adult major trauma patients, TraumaRegister DGU® (2015–2019)1,593 (5.6%) received calcium
- Participants
- 28,323 participants
- Exposure
- Calcium vs No calcium
- Calciumn = 1,447
- No calciumn = 1,447reference
- Outcome
- 6 h mortality, 24 h mortality and in-hospital mortality
Methodological detailspropensity-score matched, registry (TraumaRegister DGU®)
- Propensity-score matched
- Registry (TraumaRegister DGU®)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
P = 0.020
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Calcium supplementation during trauma resuscitation: a propensity score-matched analysis from the TraumaRegister DGU®. Crit Care. Published 5 July 2024. doi:10.
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